IOT RETAIL
How LTE & 5G Enable Retail Transformation
With trends in customer service and safety, marketing, payments, and operations shifting all the time, the latest technologies for retail call for the best, most flexible connectivity solutions. Integrate All’s Cloud Service and wireless edge routers and adapters unlock the power of LTE and 5G to securely connect everything inside the store and far beyond.
Nonstop Connectivity in Stores
Retail stores use Gigabit-Class LTE
solutions to maintain secure network
connectivity for POS and other
omnichannel applications, even during
wired WAN link outages. The speed of
Gigabit-Class LTE rivals that of most
wired broadband services, enabling
organizations to configure most if not
all applications to continue running
even during failover.
Customer Wi-Fi
An all-in-one LTE edge networking
solution built for fixed locations allows
retailers to easily add customer Wi-Fi at
any time, and to use cloud-controlled
content filtering to determine which
sites can be visited and how long
customers can use the service. It’s also
easy to isolate customer surfing on one
Wi-Fi channel and employee traffic
on another.
Pop-Up Locations
LTE solutions for pop-up retail —
everything from farmers markets to
seasonal storefronts — provide instant
WAN connectivity and Wi-Fi in places
where wired links are either unavailable
or unreliable. These solutions are
secure, easy for anyone on your
staff to deploy anywhere, and can
be monitored and managed without
sending IT professionals to each site.
Store Within a Store
Retailers often have a presence inside larger stores and facilities, such as airports, but usually are required to bring their own network. The right all-in-one wireless edge solution can provide immediate LTE access — and a secure connection to the cloud — that keeps data completely separate from the host facility’s network.
IoT in Stores
The ability to gather, send, and analyze
data at the edge of the network
improves operational efficiency, sales,
and customer service. An all-in-one
wireless solution that supports
Bluetooth can compile, send to the
cloud, and/or make decisions based
on information from sensors and other
IoT devices. It also enables beaconing
for proximity marketing based on
actionable shopping data.
Kiosks
Whether using kiosks to expand
customer services or offer POS
transactions, kiosks help retailers
significantly broaden their reach. An
LTE-based edge networking solution
for IoT provides the connection
flexibility, centralized management, and
network security features necessary for
these systems, which may need to be
moved routinely.